Category Archives: Government & Defense

The collapse of Hanjin Shipping into bankruptcy at the end of August sent shock waves through the shipping industry and has seriously disrupted supply chains around the world. Damco teams have been working around the clock to minimise the consequences for our customers. The complexity is considerable, ranging from goods stuck in Hanjin containers at […]

Today all shippers should have started to file the Verified Gross Mass (VGM). Though the SOLAS regulations have remained unchanged since they were first published in November 2014 – which in theory should have given all parties sufficient preparation time – the situation is not quite that simple since nations, terminal operators and carriers superimpose their own […]

Within weeks it becomes a legal requirement for the Verified Gross Mass (VGM) of every export ocean container to be filed with the carrier before it can be loaded on board. This compliance (as described in IMO’s latest SOLAS regulations amendment) is potentially complex: different allowable methods of weighing; varying requirements as to when VGM has to […]

The outgone year has been a significant one for Nigeria on the political front, as the country ushered in a new president; first of its kind from an opposition party since the democratic dispensation that kicked off in 1999. While the new president ran on the precedence of change and tackling corruption, other significant events […]

The new SOLAS Regulations will come into force worldwide on 1 July 2016. This blog aims to keep you informed on the industry’s latest developments. National authorities Over the last month, more and more information is being released by national authorities on how they are planning to implement the SOLAS regulation. As expected, national variations […]

Earlier this week, I was invited to take part in a panel discussion at INTTRA’s SOLAS eVGM Forum in Hamburg. The aim was to raise awareness about the complexities of implementing the new SOLAS regulations concerning Verified Gross Mass (VGM) for sea freight containers, and to look at issues impacting the digital submission process. Together […]

Today’s global companies generate large amounts of data while simply running their business – so much that ‘big data’ has become a buzz word. The latest information technology makes it possible to analyse this data in order to spot inefficiencies in business processes and make better business decisions. Applying modern analytics software to supply chain […]

The new SOLAS regulation about verified container weights will become effective as of 1 July 2016. It will affect the entire ocean freight industry. Although many details of its implementation are still unclear, parties that are involved in containerised shipping would do well to prepare themselves for the new situation. This blog provides an overview […]

5 questions to ask your Logistics Service Provider In an earlier blog post I discussed 12 trends that are shaping the future of logistics. In that post, it was argued that macro-economic changes and shifts in trade patterns have and will have significant impact on global supply chains. The conclusion was that companies need to […]

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